I have been looking at digital pianos and controllers for a while now. I love my Korg pa900 for the job I do, and the light weight, but I do prefer 76/88 keys at least at home. Currently I have the latest M-Audio Keystation 88 on the lower level used as a midi controller. It's supposed to be a synth action but it feels like a fairly strong spring rather than a synth action, so I've been looking for a better alternative.

Having read such good things about the Casio Privia PX 350, I was excited to try that, thinking that I would be able to play the piano, even if the Pa900 was still in its bag or in my vehicle. And indeed I did like the simulated ivory keys and the weighted piano action, but the piano sound out of the on-board speakers sounded too bell-like, and distorted at times (to my ears).

I would have liked to have tried the Yamaha P255 but I read that the strings suffer the same problem as the Tyros strings, and fail to sustain even when the sustain pedal is held down, fading off like the piano does. I never liked that feature on my Tyros.

So, recently, I have been looking at the Kurzweil SPS4-8 that has many of the PC3 voices, but wish me luck trying to find one locally to test!

I'm interested to hear others experiences too.